#disaster response

Collection of disaster response news, found 215 news.

President Jokowi returns to Jakarta after visiting Aceh

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) left Banda Aceh, the capital city of Aceh Province, on Friday after visiting several ...

BNPB to use drones for humanitarian disaster response

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) continues its efforts to improve the disaster and humanitarian response ...

Media has important role in handling natural disasters: Minister Khofifah

Indonesian Minister of Social Affairs Khofifah Indar Parawansa believes that the media has a crucial role in handling ...

Social service minister inaugurates Banser disaster response team

Social Service Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa inaugurated the disaster response team of Barisan Ansor Serbaguna ...

Drugs may turn out to be the biggest ever human disaster: Minister

Drug abuse may turn out to be the biggest ever human disaster if it was not controlled and checked completely, Social ...

President lauds Mentawai residents for effective disaster response

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has lauded the inhabitants of Mentawai Islands for following disaster response ...

Twitter greets President Jokowi with "Indonesia Raya"

Indonesias national anthem "Indonesia Raya" was played to greet President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) when he visited the ...

Five districts in West Java prone to landslides

The districts of Garut, Tasikmalaya, Bandung Barat, Cianjur and Sukabumi in West Java are prone to landslides, ...

Western Union Mobilizes Customers, Employees, Agents, Business Associates and the Western Union Foundation to Respond to EU Refugee Crisis

- The Western Union Company and the Western Union Foundation today pledged a minimum of ...

Pentagon again asks china to end island building, seeks more military contact

US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter met a top Chinese general on Thursday and repeated a US call for a halt to land ...

Indonesian minister wants alertness in disaster-prone areas to be increased

As a precaution to face various natural disasters that may occur without warning, Social Affairs Minister Khofifah ...

Bandung to send solidarity team to Nepal

Bandung, West Java - Bandung, as the capital city of solidarity of the Asian-African region, will send a solidarity ...

Nepal pm says toll could rise to 10,000

The death toll from Nepals devastating earthquake could reach 10,000, the prime minister said on Tuesday, as residents ...

Panel at Sendai UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction Highlights Opportunities for Cooperation between China, South Korea and Japan

-In support of the UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) being held in Sendai from March 14-18, Soka ...

Indonesia's Banten Province prepared to face natural disasters

As many as 360 volunteers in Lebak District, Banten Province, have been trained and equipped with evacuation tools to ...